tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-776872662073607566.post8284151789302134561..comments2023-09-06T22:30:02.061+10:00Comments on The Knight & Drummer: Ve Heff Vays of Makink You ZinkAmfortashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07474382097575605017noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-776872662073607566.post-43898828416858466852017-05-17T10:48:49.083+10:002017-05-17T10:48:49.083+10:00I'm not suggesting that homosexuals should be ...I'm not suggesting that homosexuals should be persecuted (and in fact they've rarely been actively persecuted) but homosexuality should be actively discouraged. We're not doing people any favours by encouraging them in an unhealthy and unnatural lifestyle.<br /><br />And this is important because homosexuals are made, not born. To a large extent it's a matter of fashion, and of confused and unhappy people being manipulated into adopting a lifestyle that will bring them nothing but misery and degradation.<br /><br />That's why homosexuals are so keen to be allowed to promote their lifestyle. They know they will gain more converts. If they gain more converts they can convince themselves (or they think they can convince themselves) that they don't really feel self-disgust.dfordoomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02306293859869179118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-776872662073607566.post-21729477296810256562017-05-15T05:31:07.968+10:002017-05-15T05:31:07.968+10:00Hmm. Well? lol. I'm not sure if either of us a...Hmm. Well? lol. I'm not sure if either of us are "fooled" or just have different interpretations of scripture :)<br /><br />I guess I think if we are to adhere stringently and conservatively to man-made law in OT's Leviticus and Paul (trying to please the Pharisees, something Christ would never do) - which other than common sense genetic restrictions, is roughly the same as Sharia law and borrowed from the Captive culture of Babylonians - then there we need to adhere to every OT man-made law Christ didn't specifically repudiate. <br /><br />As you know, Christ changed many of those "Babylonian borrowed" man made laws, to include Christ specifically repudiating in Matt 5:23 "An eye for an eye, borrowed from the Babylonians/Sumerians, who did not believe in an afterlife and thus demanded swift and sudden punishment for all sin - and he answers the question why himself - because all of the law of the prophets should hang on loving thy neighbor. <br /><br />And what of other laws Christ changed/took a "liberal interpretation of? Did God change his mind about eating pork being a sin or he knew we as a toddler civilization could better understand how to be careful in its cooking/care by the NT? Was eating pork a sin in the 1st place or just God said "No" to babies and explained later?<br /><br />Don't get me wrong - I'm not saying we change every little thing because we feel like it, I'm not THAT "liberal."<br /><br />I'm saying what if following Christ's example was to reconsider OT law as whether or not truly loving our neighbors or necessary (pork)?<br /><br />I'm saying we are reading ancient scripture that has translated/retranslated millions of times and many texts have been lost or omitted for political purposes through history and is still debated on interpretation.<br /><br />And what of all of the intersex children born whose reports I've typed - estimates between 1:2000 and 1:15,0000 born with some degree of intersex, sometimes not visible, hm? <br /><br />Considering the brain develops before the slow progression of reproductive organs (which is why men have nipples which develop before the other organs) - what do we tell them? <br /><br />That God made a mistake between their brain and their body? Or that they are sinning before God for having inclinations the brain and body can't agree on? Do we explain to every person in society who doesn't know they're physiological difference that they're not gay, they were literally born intersex?<br /><br />Of course, I cannot assert that my interpretation of study of the bible (led by Catholic instructors) at a university level is correct. I cannot assert that your very-educated interpretation is correct either, but I do listen and consider any new input I haven't considered, rest assured :)<br /><br />And I can only tell that for me personally, once believing myself to be a female knight evangelical Christian, believing Christianity was about works and reducing sin to sexual ones and abortion - imagining I was "preserving" morality and defending ourselves against a perverted more sinful world than me - all that left me feeling was temporarily superior, frightened of the world, and darkened in soul myself for having shamed others to the degree that I did. I still ask God's forgiveness and others for that :( <br /><br />Nowadays, my soul begins to glow with the mantel of the Holy Spirit when I have loved my neighbors rather than tried to change them to meet my or my church's approval. My soul knows, as I'm sure yours does, when our father is pleased :)<br /><br />But we all have different calls and focus. And of course I could be wrong and continue to pray for insight and guidance. <br /><br />Because like my Pap once said is also possible - about an apprentice electrician and my mother believing she was a prophetess - when his employee left work midday to become a preacher, "God didn't call him nor your momma, they just up and went" :) lol Chrysalishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09972571880025416943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-776872662073607566.post-33885512299072207872017-05-15T03:13:28.587+10:002017-05-15T03:13:28.587+10:00We wish to die for many reasons. As a King I begge...We wish to die for many reasons. As a King I begged for my knights to despatch me and free me from my agonies. But it was not to be. And when I rode my steed across that bridge from which no-one returns, it was my Supplier Himself that knocked me from my steed and boxed my ears. He sent me to this Tavern.<br /><br />So please do not think I do not know the angst and pain that your friend with the lovely soul must have endured. All our souls are lovely when first given but our very actions can make them dark e'en unto mortal damage. What you may see as lovely may just as easily be doomed and you seeing what you want to see.<br /><br />Pray for your friend, but do not fool yourself.Amfortashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07474382097575605017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-776872662073607566.post-38789792653780042702017-05-15T01:36:44.045+10:002017-05-15T01:36:44.045+10:00I wish I could agree with you but after losing one...I wish I could agree with you but after losing one to suicide and another who almost suicided - one of the most lovely souls to ever grace my life, I can't you see. But I respect your perspective and appreciate you allowing mine xo :)Chrysalishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09972571880025416943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-776872662073607566.post-43578016074339025272017-05-15T01:23:13.878+10:002017-05-15T01:23:13.878+10:00Throughout history gay and lesbians have had prefe...Throughout history gay and lesbians have had preferential treatment, not aprobation. Every era has made space and even profession for them. Males have been in armies (Sparta) and both genders in theatre and art. The 'demonisation' has been little more than others of various ilks have experienced. Try working your way through Camille Paglia's tome. Sexual Personae. Plenty of evidence there. By a feminist.<br />Amfortashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07474382097575605017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-776872662073607566.post-31863288079714808422017-05-15T01:18:02.514+10:002017-05-15T01:18:02.514+10:00Many claim to be Christian who by any measure are ...Many claim to be Christian who by any measure are heretics in the least and downright evil at worst. Christ came to save sinners and we have a lot coming through the Tavern. Love the sinner but not the sin. Mercy is God's bizzo and forgiveness too except where it is against you. Then you have obligations.<br /><br />In any event and with any person, you have to call out the sin in order to lovingly correct the sinner.Amfortashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07474382097575605017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-776872662073607566.post-52592663232127951682017-05-14T23:42:47.794+10:002017-05-14T23:42:47.794+10:00Another way of looking at it is that LGBT groups a...Another way of looking at it is that LGBT groups and others are just trying to dedemonize and humanize groups that propaganda has previously demonized and dehumanized rather than thought control. Because if you think about it, that would be the only way to "fight back" against such propaganda. <br /><br />Otherwise, with one exception, everyone who has ever caused me injury has been a white self-purported christian, both male and female. However, I don't associate their crime with skin color, religion, gender or political preference. I associate it with the free will of misguided individuals. <br /><br />I still love Christians and nonChristians, men and women, Christians and nonChristians, straight and gay alike because that's truly loving my neighbors. Though I have favorites of course, but I am fair, and I "try" not to enable anyone, but not be stingy with mercy like the merciless servant. Because we have all sinned and fallen short of the glory of God and it is only by God's grace any of us are saved :)<br /><br /> Chrysalishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09972571880025416943noreply@blogger.com